ListServs on Folk Dancing Nov 99 Many mailing lists (also called "listservs" or "email discussion groups") now have web sites with subscription instructions. These are marked with an asterisk (*). The entries marked (=) have no Web page that I know of. ---------------------------------- ENGLISH, IRISH, and SCOTTISH STYLES ---------------------------------- * EC - English Ceilidh mailing list http://www.netservs.com/ec/ * ECD - The English Country Dance Mailing List (Playford, etc) http://www-ssrl.slac.stanford.edu/~winston/ecd.htmlx = HIGHLAND-DANCE. Covers topics related to Highland and other Scottish Step Dancing. Email . * IRDANCE ceili, set, and step dancing mailing list http://www.neosoft.com/internet/paml/groups.I/irdance-l.html * IRTRAD-L Irish traditional music mailing list http://celtic.stanford.edu/pub/Irtrad-L.FAQ * Morris Dancing Discussion List. http://web.syr.edu/~hytelnet/mddl/ * The Scottish Dance Mailing List http://www.ncl.ac.uk/~nsdwww/intro.html * Strathspey mailing list -- Scottish country dancing http://www.tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/strathspey/info.html ----------------------- NORTH AMERICAN STYLES ----------------------- * Clogging Email List http://www.optionality.net/clogging/ = Contra Dance Sound Forum - For sound system operators, dance organizers, bands, callers, etc, to discuss sound. Send email message with name and location to moderator Weogo Reed = LINE-DANCE on Country & Western Line Dancing. To join, send an e-mail to and put in the body of the message subscribe line-dance * LINE DANCE UK mail list http://lduk.listbot.com/ [Country & Western Line dance is not a traditional folk dance, but I include the above because we are often asked about it. - DR] = NFDANCE Newfoundland Traditional/Historical Dance List Mail the command info NFDANCE to LISTSERV@morgan.ucs.mun.ca = TRAD-SD on Traditional Square Dancing (non-MWSD). Put 'subscribe trad-sd' in the body of a message (without quote marks). Send to: majordomo@dmshome.org * WESTERN SQUARE DANCE MAILING LISTS For all of these, see "Square Dance Resources on the Internet" http://www.dosado.com/resources/#lists SQUARE-DANCING for discussing any square dance topics. SD-CALLERS for discussing topics of interest to callers. LGCWSD for discussing Lesbian/Gay Country/Western and Square Dancing. CHALLENGE-SD for discussing Challenge-level dancing and calling. SD-2000 for discussing the Callerlab T2000 proposal ----------------------------- CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN STYLES ------------------------------ * BRETON & FRENCH DANCE http://www.isdnseattle.net/rayprice/mailing.html * DANSE-FOLK - en francais pour les amoureux de danse folk http://www.egroups.com/list/danse-folk/ * EAST EUROPEAN FOLKLIFE CENTER Discusses Balkan music and dance http://www.mindspring.com/~ginbirch/eefc/ * FOLKLOR - Hungarian folk music and dance http://www.magyar.org/folklor/ * RENDANCE for discussion of Renaissance dance. http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~andrew/rendance.html = SCAND on Scandinavian dancing. Send a note to with the message subscribe scand YOUR NAME You need the < and the > around your email address. Subject line is immaterial. Further help available by sending "help" in body to majordomo. ------------------------------- INTERNATIONAL & REST OF WORLD -------------------------------- * DANCE-L -- International folkdance and traditional dance http://www-hfml.sci.kun.nl/hfml/lijnis/Danslist.html * LIONDANCE - for those interested in Chinese Lion Dancing mail the command info liondance to Majordomo@mail.sdsu.edu * RIKUD - to discuss anything related to Israeli Folk dance http://www.eGroups.com/list/rikud/ ----------------------- DATABASES OF LISTSERVS ------------------------ * The Liszt Database, A large collection of listservs. * Topica has several dozen listings for folkdance, squaredance, and country-western dance mail lists, including some not shown above. A number have restricted geographical interest (square dancing in Southern California, etc.) You can register through Topica, http://www.topica.com/ *@URL dance resources - dance mailing lists at http://url.co.nz/arts/dancemail.html Additions and corrections to this list are welcome. -- Donna Richoux